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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold5/1898/35 |
Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Postcard |
Letter Date | 19 October 1898 |
Address From | Johannesburg, Transvaal |
Address To | Girls Collegiate School, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape |
Who To | Betty Molteno |
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The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date is provided by the postmark on this postcard, while the name of the addressee and the address it was sent to are on its front. Schreiner was in Johannesburg from early October to November and then briefly returned to Kimberley before moving to Johannesburg in December 1898.
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I am hoping Cron will come up on Sunday. It will be very good.
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3 Thanks for your letter. I am anxious for the knowledge we shall have
4by the end of next month. When you write address Box 2 Johannesburg as
5I am leaving this boarding house.
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7 Is Miss Green better?
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9 Olive
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3 Thanks for your letter. I am anxious for the knowledge we shall have
4by the end of next month. When you write address Box 2 Johannesburg as
5I am leaving this boarding house.
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7 Is Miss Green better?
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9 Olive
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